Unable to load gif file

Sir, I am not able to load the gif images.I have given path of the gif files inside the <img> tag.Its still not loading.The following is the tag i have given in my html file - <img src="/temp/red_bar.gif" width="100%" height="19" alt="" border="0">.I have the temp directory in which i have all the gif files.Still its not loading.Please guide me. Thanks Brett